A United Airlines plane flying to Mexico had to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Friday due to a “hydraulic failure.”
The plane, an Airbus A320 carrying around 110 people, was flying from San Francisco to Mexico City when it made an emergency stop at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday afternoon after a “complete hydraulic failure” was reported. The emergency landing took place at around 4:30 p.m. local time.
“The flight landed safely and passengers were deplaned normally at the gate,” United said, noting that passengers would be transferred to a different plane to complete their trip.
United said that it appeared that one of the hydraulic systems was down. “This aircraft type has three hydraulic systems for redundancy purposes. Preliminary information shows there was only an issue with one system on this aircraft,” the airline said.
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